I am currently using a finite element analysis software with the capability to iterate untill no tension in the soil is reported. How does it does it? I don't know. The information on the softaware is limited. Can you help?
In my experience as structural engineer, geotechnical engineers provide me with the admisible bearing preasure of a soil, but often forget to provide the modulus of subgrade reaction.
Is there a direct relation between the modulus of subgrade reaction and the admisible bearing preasure of a soil?
I thank you all for your answers to this thread. My inquire was posted because I am currently working for a company that sells shotcrete-polyurethane-shotcrete sandwitch panels in Dominican Republic. The bilt dimensions of this panel is 35 mm shotcrete - 80 mm plyurethane - 35 mm shotcrete...
Thanks a lot henry for your post. Its been very helpful. One last question before I go and order the ACI 506 and related documents if you would be so kind: Does it specifically says in the aci 506 that, be it dry mix or wet mixed, shotcrete structures shall be designed as per ACI318?
Is it possible to justify that a proper mixture of sand, water and cement (concrete witout coarse aggregate) with strenght of +3000psi, placed pnewmatically (shotcrete) is still concrete and can thus be designed by ACI requirements.
There is one thing that gets me confused when using Hilti's load capacity specification for their not ACI 355.2 complaint anchors, and that is the lack of technical information-codes desing relation and the prescence of certain ambigueties. Example: they list ultimate and allowable capacity for...
